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House Update: Roll ’em Out!

Posted by Nitemice on March 4, 2012

Posted in: Technology, Traineeship. Tagged: apple, bios, competiton, computer, dell, deployment, employee, ghosting, imaging, ipad, job, netbook, notebook, Preboot Execution Environment, PXE, technology, traineeship, USB, Wi-Fi, wifi, work, workplace. 1 Comment

So, we got through the hectic deployment of all the iPads, netbooks and notebooks. After all the hours of blood, sweat and tears, the unboxing and reboxing, the late nights and the phone calls, they’re all out. Now we just have to support them all. Continue Reading

The First Few Weeks of My Traineeship

Posted by Nitemice on February 5, 2012

Posted in: Traineeship. Tagged: apple, blog, dell, deployment, employee, employer, ghost, hard drive image, House, ipad, job, mac, mac1, netbook, netbooks, notebook, Serial number, traineeship, unboxing, what this means, work, workplace. 3 Comments

So, I started my traineeship a few weeks ago, and everything seems to be going pretty ok so far. It’s been pretty intense and overwhelming at times, but that’s because I’ve walked straight into the middle of a mammoth rollout of new devices. Continue Reading

OHS Induction

Posted by Nitemice on January 14, 2012

Posted in: Coursework, Traineeship. Tagged: Android, Coursework, danger, employee, employer, hazards, health, HTC, laws, Occupational Health & Safety, risk, safety, Sensation, workplace. Leave a comment

So, this week’s been pretty packed. I’ve had lots of things to organize in getting ready for my traineeship. I had to complete an online course about occupational health and safety (OHS) before my induction next week. A lot of the content was repetitive and oriented more towards highly physical and construction-type jobs, which of course is not what I’m doing.